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Another reason aside from the safety and alloy issues listed above is simply the poor yield.
You can only get about 10% of the weight out of a typical battery.
For example, a 30 lb battery will only give you 3 lbs of lead.
If they will...

On the base I have, some of the measurements are a little bit different. But not much -
Top left: 1.260 outside diameter, .835 inside ring, .250 hole in the center
Right picture: .539 height, .170 depth of top inset, .110 depth of first bottom...

Don't hold me to exact numbers, but I would guess that we usually have 30 to 40 folks show up. CB members, spouses, kids, and friends. The weekend is very family friendly.
Several of us live right here in the Boise, Meridian, Star area, and meet...

Almost done sizing and lubing @600 Lee .452 230gr. RN boolits that I cast a few days ago. Then I'll switch the sizing die in my other sizer out for a .358, and lube and size a couple hundred Lachmiller .358 148gr. wadcutters.

I knew there had at one time, been a spate of fake/counterfeit Leupold scopes, but wasn't aware of the Zeiss Conquest issue.
A local online auction house has listed a "Zeiss Conquest Rifle Scope (New)", and when I looked at the pictures, something...

Another thumbs up for NCBS. It's a great time for all!!
We also have a small group of us locally, that get together for coffee and conversation, on most Thursday mornings. If you're in the Boise area on a Thursday morning, give me a holler, and...

Oh yeah, you jiggled my memory of an earlier thread of yours detailing annealing and re-hardening.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?347324-bullet-swage-die-making-tutorial-well-sort-of
Now that I found the link, there is a bunch of...

I had not seen this until yesterday.
Higher shot count between fills would be nice, but would also add to length, or bulk.
It still takes a probe to fill, which requires more stuff you can't do without.
They claim it has a nice trigger, but every...